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The dogs used to stay on the forest department premises and Ratan often used to feed them with food or milk. The guard had been working with the forest department for a long time. On Wednesday, the post-mortem and cremation of the deceased have been conducted while the report is awaited.”Sources said stray dogs were roaming around Ratan’s body and these may have attacked him and later mauled the body. YAMUNANAGAR: A badly mauled body of a contractual guard ( chowkidar ) identified as Ratan Lal (55), a resident of Gobindpura in Jagadhri district, was found on Wednesday morning at his duty spot in the forest department office in Jagadhri.The incident came to notice when the morning shift guard came to join his duty and saw the body of Ratan and informed the district police. During his duty at night, either Ratan got a heart attack or died suddenly due to some unknown reason, following which he fell on the ground..